WEBVTT 00:00:01.870 --> 00:00:06.309 And now here they are, Nick and Sue on Chatterbox. 00:00:06.469 --> 00:00:09.810 When the stars talk, they talk to Nick and Sue. 00:00:29.550 --> 00:00:32.009 Welcome back to the Chatterbox Redux Podcast 00:00:32.009 --> 00:00:34.429 with Sue and Nick and today our special guest 00:00:34.429 --> 00:01:03.619 is Chesney Hawkes. This is Nick and Sue with 00:01:03.619 --> 00:01:06.620 Chatterbox giving you all you need to know about 00:01:06.620 --> 00:01:30.549 music. and uh now in chatterbox uk we're just 00:01:30.549 --> 00:01:32.629 lucky enough to welcome back chesney hawks chesney 00:01:32.629 --> 00:01:35.650 hello welcome how are you sir hello guys been 00:01:35.650 --> 00:01:38.010 a bit a little while hasn't it have you been 00:01:38.010 --> 00:01:41.349 it has well we've had a very busy year where 00:01:41.349 --> 00:01:44.030 i think we just launched chat box when we spoke 00:01:44.030 --> 00:01:48.030 to you last and we sort of lost the number of 00:01:48.030 --> 00:01:50.010 stations when it got to 100. We don't count so 00:01:50.010 --> 00:01:53.489 much now. We think we're 116, 120 somewhere around 00:01:53.489 --> 00:01:55.650 there now. Wow, congratulations Scott, that's 00:01:55.650 --> 00:02:00.349 amazing. It's all good. So yeah. Brilliant news. 00:02:00.689 --> 00:02:02.890 Thank you for coming on. So imagine if you went 00:02:02.890 --> 00:02:05.069 to all those stations separately, you've done 00:02:05.069 --> 00:02:10.150 15 interviews today. Imagine. No, I'd rather 00:02:10.150 --> 00:02:12.590 do it all in one fell swoop. So congratulations 00:02:12.590 --> 00:02:15.669 on your syndication. Thank you. Congratulations 00:02:15.669 --> 00:02:18.009 on your busy year. When we did speak last time, 00:02:18.069 --> 00:02:21.879 you'd... Well, we were still in lockdown and 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:25.819 you were planning an album and I think you were 00:02:25.819 --> 00:02:28.039 doing podcasts with your family, was that right? 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:30.960 The kids were involved, the wife was... Yeah, 00:02:31.139 --> 00:02:33.879 I think I was doing my live and unfiltered series 00:02:33.879 --> 00:02:37.039 at that point, wasn't I? So it was like a TV 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:40.800 show from my studio. I turned my studio into 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:45.060 a TV studio, which was an amazing experience 00:02:45.060 --> 00:02:49.030 and really fun. So Chesney, since then, I think 00:02:49.030 --> 00:02:52.409 we were planning an album, there's a box set, 00:02:52.729 --> 00:02:55.969 there's a Nick Herschel version. Right, what's 00:02:55.969 --> 00:03:00.650 coming out? We're now March 2022. And now we've 00:03:00.650 --> 00:03:03.050 got a very exciting launch. I think it's next 00:03:03.050 --> 00:03:06.849 week, end of the month. Tell us about that. Yeah, 00:03:06.949 --> 00:03:10.569 first of all, the... The Nick Kershaw 2022 remix 00:03:10.569 --> 00:03:14.110 of The One and Only is out now digitally. So 00:03:14.110 --> 00:03:17.069 that's out. That was really fun. Getting hold 00:03:17.069 --> 00:03:19.349 of the master tracks for The One and Only and 00:03:19.349 --> 00:03:24.129 Nick took it and I wouldn't trust anybody else 00:03:24.129 --> 00:03:27.599 except for Nick and with that gold. and he took 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:29.639 it and ran with it and re -recorded all the guitars 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:33.259 and re -did some drumming, programming and all 00:03:33.259 --> 00:03:35.360 sorts of little bits and freshened it up, put 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:38.219 some fairy dust on it and off it went. So that's 00:03:38.219 --> 00:03:40.620 out. That's out now and all your good streaming 00:03:40.620 --> 00:03:43.419 services. Uh, then I've got the box set, which, 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:45.539 uh, she's coming out on the 25th of March. I 00:03:45.539 --> 00:03:47.300 know your listeners can't see what I'm showing 00:03:47.300 --> 00:03:51.280 you there, but there's the box. And it's, yeah, 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:55.280 it's a lovely package, uh, with five, five albums. 00:03:55.419 --> 00:03:58.379 Um, so all of my, all of my albums up to date 00:03:58.379 --> 00:04:01.939 and some rarities and a DVD with, uh, you know, 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:04.759 some unseen live footage of me and top of the 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:07.819 pops footage and all sorts of fun things. So 00:04:07.819 --> 00:04:09.900 yeah, that was, that was a real fun walk down 00:04:09.900 --> 00:04:13.219 memory lane putting that. together and I'm very 00:04:13.219 --> 00:04:17.139 proud of the final product. Absolutely, that's 00:04:17.139 --> 00:04:20.899 fantastic and before we say goodbye, Will, I'll 00:04:20.899 --> 00:04:23.220 ask you what the next plans are because I think 00:04:23.220 --> 00:04:27.860 there was some talk of a new album at some point, 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:30.860 I believe. Yes, so we talked about that and at 00:04:30.860 --> 00:04:32.620 the time I didn't know whether to put it out 00:04:32.620 --> 00:04:34.819 during the pandemic because, you know, people 00:04:34.819 --> 00:04:38.079 were kind of holding back on albums which I decided 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:40.720 to do in the end and I just hold it back a little 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:43.459 bit. So we are now planning on putting that out 00:04:43.459 --> 00:04:46.459 in the summer. Um, so, so watch this space for 00:04:46.459 --> 00:04:49.420 that one. Um, uh, yeah. So, but there's all sorts 00:04:49.420 --> 00:04:51.660 of things going on. I've had, I, I actually managed 00:04:51.660 --> 00:04:54.720 to, to record the music from, from a musical 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:57.160 that I'd written that I've written, which is 00:04:57.160 --> 00:05:01.000 now, uh, out on, on my YouTube channel. Um, and 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:03.360 so if anyone's interested in that, just go to 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:05.290 chesneyhawks .com. It's going to have everything 00:05:05.290 --> 00:05:08.449 on there. And I've got a podcast that I've been 00:05:08.449 --> 00:05:11.029 doing for a while now. We've done two seasons 00:05:11.029 --> 00:05:15.089 now and we're running into the next series. So 00:05:15.089 --> 00:05:17.589 yeah, it's pretty busy. And I'm also taking the 00:05:17.589 --> 00:05:21.069 reins of the tremolos because my dad, who was 00:05:21.069 --> 00:05:22.589 the lead singer of the tremolos hasn't been very 00:05:22.589 --> 00:05:25.949 well. And last year, thank you. And last year 00:05:25.949 --> 00:05:30.240 he had a tour uh all planned uh with a 60s gold 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.439 tour with a package tour with like you know the 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:35.480 Marmalade and uh Herman's Hermits all these fabulous 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:37.899 artists but he wasn't well so I kind of took 00:05:37.899 --> 00:05:41.319 over and and uh basically became the lead singer 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:43.420 of the tremolo so I'm doing it again this year 00:05:43.420 --> 00:05:47.720 in October and November so It was wonderful, 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:50.579 actually. At one point last year on the tour, 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:53.100 my dad managed to make a few of the gigs and 00:05:53.100 --> 00:05:55.899 he came along and I had my son Indy on tour with 00:05:55.899 --> 00:05:58.139 me, who's this incredible guitar player, as you 00:05:58.139 --> 00:06:01.120 know. And so at one point we had three generations 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:03.279 of hawks on stage at the same time, which was 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:06.819 lovely. That's amazing. And I'm sure who better 00:06:06.819 --> 00:06:10.209 than... than you to take the family reins, because 00:06:10.209 --> 00:06:13.110 although I did say that last time we chatted 00:06:13.110 --> 00:06:16.649 that, you know, I do believe you would have been 00:06:16.649 --> 00:06:20.209 successful as a singer and a film star without 00:06:20.209 --> 00:06:22.410 your dad. I do feel you would have been a star, 00:06:22.589 --> 00:06:25.189 but nobody better really, surely. Imagine being 00:06:25.189 --> 00:06:29.199 Chip Hawks and... Chesley just steps in and takes 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:32.040 the reins as lead singer Dremelo. It's magical, 00:06:32.259 --> 00:06:34.180 isn't it? It's brilliant. Well, it was definitely 00:06:34.180 --> 00:06:36.500 well received. I mean, you know, unfortunately, 00:06:36.899 --> 00:06:39.720 none of the people that came to that. uh, tour, 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:42.560 uh, where I'd taken over knew that dad was ill. 00:06:43.060 --> 00:06:45.100 So, you know, by the, by the time the tremolos 00:06:45.100 --> 00:06:48.420 came on, um, you know, the, the compare basically 00:06:48.420 --> 00:06:51.600 said, unfortunately chip Hawks is not able to 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:54.300 make it tonight because of his ill health. And 00:06:54.300 --> 00:06:56.339 of course, so you could hear the, oh, in the 00:06:56.339 --> 00:06:58.420 crowd. And then they said, but the good news 00:06:58.420 --> 00:07:01.319 is he's sent his wee boys. Cause my brother was 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:05.000 on drums as well. So, so the two of us, uh, you 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:06.959 know, made up for it, hopefully they're like, 00:07:07.310 --> 00:07:09.569 So, yeah, yeah, but it was nice. It was nice 00:07:09.569 --> 00:07:10.970 to do a whole tour without doing the one and 00:07:10.970 --> 00:07:16.250 only as well. Whatever happens and if you're 00:07:16.250 --> 00:07:19.350 still touring in another 30 or 40 years time 00:07:19.350 --> 00:07:22.870 plus, that is basically your anthem, isn't it? 00:07:24.689 --> 00:07:28.790 Yeah, I can't get away from that one. And how 00:07:28.790 --> 00:07:31.129 many times you must have done that as an encore 00:07:31.129 --> 00:07:34.750 for a second time in a concert? You'd be a very 00:07:34.750 --> 00:07:37.259 rich man if you got it. pound every time, I'm 00:07:37.259 --> 00:07:39.420 sure. Yeah. Well, I never play it twice in a 00:07:39.420 --> 00:07:41.660 gig, but I definitely would have a pound for 00:07:41.660 --> 00:07:44.379 every time I played it. That's for sure. I'm 00:07:44.379 --> 00:07:46.819 sure. I'm sure. Before we move on too far, you 00:07:46.819 --> 00:07:49.800 mentioned your musical, which I did, because 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:51.800 I do obviously get your press releases and everything. 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:55.759 But for the light of me, I can't remember what 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:58.360 it's called. So could you please enlighten myself 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:00.500 and our listeners? And we'll have a wee look 00:08:00.500 --> 00:08:02.379 when we finish with Chesney, won't we? Yes, darling. 00:08:02.660 --> 00:08:07.879 So what was the title of that, please? The musical 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:11.319 is called The One. And if anyone's interested, 00:08:11.579 --> 00:08:13.920 if you go to Chesneyhawks .com and in the menus, 00:08:14.279 --> 00:08:16.379 there's different things like there's the musical, 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:18.899 there's the podcast, everything. So look for 00:08:18.899 --> 00:08:22.879 The One, The Musical. And it's all... The way 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:26.160 I've released it at the moment is just the music 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:30.579 alone. And it's all on my YouTube channel. And 00:08:30.579 --> 00:08:32.700 it's got its own playlist. So it's all in order. 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:34.820 So you can kind of follow the story. And we made 00:08:34.820 --> 00:08:37.500 little videos to kind of explain what's happening 00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:40.259 in the story. So while you're listening to each 00:08:40.259 --> 00:08:42.940 song, you're also kind of learning a little bit 00:08:42.940 --> 00:08:46.620 about the story. That's cool. Now, maybe I'm 00:08:46.620 --> 00:08:49.740 pushing things a bit too far here, but you are. 00:08:49.840 --> 00:08:53.679 Well, I believe professionally you were a film 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:57.480 star, an actor before you were a singer professionally, 00:08:57.659 --> 00:09:01.600 I believe. Now, bearing in mind that we've got 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:08.580 this acting side, what are the chances of this 00:09:08.580 --> 00:09:12.860 musical ending up in the West End or on Broadway, 00:09:13.220 --> 00:09:16.179 perhaps? I think pretty high, to be quite honest 00:09:16.179 --> 00:09:18.879 with you. Before the pandemic, we already had 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:23.000 interest for it and we did a workshop for it 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:25.879 at the London School of Musical Theatre, which 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:28.679 went down really well and we had a lot of interest. 00:09:29.299 --> 00:09:31.460 So of course, then the pandemic happened and 00:09:31.460 --> 00:09:35.720 everything got put on hold. And now we're just 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:38.820 starting to see theatres opening and they're 00:09:38.820 --> 00:09:43.699 taking on the projects that were actually slated 00:09:43.699 --> 00:09:47.840 for 2020. And, and some of them that were slated 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:51.039 for 2021. So, you know, what I'm saying is there's 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:53.820 no room in any of these theaters for a new musical. 00:09:54.019 --> 00:09:57.980 And of course, producers of musicals are not 00:09:57.980 --> 00:10:00.539 going to be taking risks on new musicals, especially 00:10:00.539 --> 00:10:03.399 one like ours, which is quite a big cast, quite, 00:10:03.419 --> 00:10:05.039 you know, probably an expensive thing to put 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:09.860 on. But I think, you know, as time goes on, there 00:10:09.860 --> 00:10:11.559 are still people interested and they're still 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:13.659 circling around us, especially now that we've 00:10:13.659 --> 00:10:15.500 kind of been putting the music out there and 00:10:15.500 --> 00:10:19.259 it's been so well received. So who knows, I would 00:10:19.259 --> 00:10:22.440 like to put it out there somehow, even if it's 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:26.600 on a UK tour and perhaps I would star in it which 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:29.440 might help put Bums on seats a little bit and 00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:32.240 get it out there. We'll see, you know, what's 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:35.120 this space? It's easy to be, you know, filling 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:37.500 your diary up for you in advance, not just me. 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:41.139 I think it'd be fantastic at least launch it, 00:10:41.139 --> 00:10:45.519 you know, with you as the star anyway. I don't... 00:10:47.870 --> 00:10:49.950 believe you're high risk at any, you know, but 00:10:49.950 --> 00:10:52.350 I understand what you said, it's a big car. So 00:10:52.350 --> 00:10:54.330 but yeah, I don't, I don't believe it's high 00:10:54.330 --> 00:10:55.990 risk. And I think when they've got whatever's 00:10:55.990 --> 00:10:58.330 in the pipeline, I don't see there's any reason 00:10:58.330 --> 00:10:59.990 why we can't be talking about this new year or 00:10:59.990 --> 00:11:02.970 two is time and when it's all organized and Chesney 00:11:02.970 --> 00:11:05.080 Hawks is coming on to tell us about the launch 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:09.740 of his musical. I could definitely see that happening, 00:11:09.899 --> 00:11:12.360 Nick, to be quite honest with you. But as we 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:16.399 say, you know, the projects, all sorts of creative 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:19.059 projects have been put back from everyone, you 00:11:19.059 --> 00:11:22.220 know, myself, the album, the musical. I mean, 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:25.559 so, you know, we'll see what happens and we just 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:28.159 have to kind of watch this space. But it's a 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:30.799 passion project for me, so I'm not going to let 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:33.370 it go, put it that way. This is Nick and Sue 00:11:33.370 --> 00:11:35.669 with Cheddar Box giving you all you need to know 00:11:35.669 --> 00:11:42.070 about musical entertainment Cheddar Box Cheddar 00:11:42.070 --> 00:11:45.870 Box Cheddar Box Cheddar Box Cheddar Box Cheddar 00:11:45.870 --> 00:11:56.049 Box It takes two to tangle And two to present 00:11:56.049 --> 00:12:04.179 a radio show So here's Nick and Sue Your musical 00:12:04.179 --> 00:12:08.919 duo. Now, I think we found your number one fan. 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:11.620 Before we do, could we ask Chesney if he could 00:12:11.620 --> 00:12:15.220 actually say hello to that fan? Well, yeah. Well, 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:19.740 in a minute. He will though. He's got fine manners, 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:22.259 I remember. Anyway, Chesney, I believe we found 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:27.460 your number one fan. And Sarah Gale. And she's 00:12:27.460 --> 00:12:32.960 sent a couple of questions. She's been a fan 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:35.659 of your, of Chesney Hawke since 91 and first 00:12:35.659 --> 00:12:38.740 got to see the film Buddy Song. And boy, when 00:12:38.740 --> 00:12:41.179 I finally did, I was taken, totally loved the 00:12:41.179 --> 00:12:43.700 film and still do to this day. Even went and 00:12:43.700 --> 00:12:46.480 bought the soundtrack on good old vinyl. So what, 00:12:46.659 --> 00:12:48.960 I'd love to be able to ask Chesney if I could, 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:52.200 what was it like filming beside the legend that 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:55.179 is Roger Daltrey? And are there any memorable 00:12:55.179 --> 00:12:57.980 outtakes from that film that stick in your minds? 00:12:59.490 --> 00:13:04.409 Yes. Well, for a start. Hello, Sarah. Thank you 00:13:04.409 --> 00:13:08.549 for your question. Roger is a legend. Obviously, 00:13:08.629 --> 00:13:12.250 I was only 17 when we're filming that film. So 00:13:12.250 --> 00:13:14.289 quite nerve wracking because, you know, he's 00:13:14.289 --> 00:13:18.370 quite a formidable figure. He gave me some fabulous 00:13:18.370 --> 00:13:21.990 advice back then, mainly being never stay never 00:13:21.990 --> 00:13:24.309 get off the road. Just keep playing, playing, 00:13:24.470 --> 00:13:26.159 playing, which you know, I've never forgotten. 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:28.840 My dad also said the same thing amongst other 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:30.440 people that I had toured with over the years, 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:32.980 like Brian Adams and Huey Lewis. One of the best 00:13:32.980 --> 00:13:35.539 pieces of advice from all of these legends, it 00:13:35.539 --> 00:13:39.200 was that just keep playing live. So in that respect, 00:13:39.580 --> 00:13:41.379 Roger was a father figure. Obviously he was playing 00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:45.490 my father. He was great. took me under his wing. 00:13:46.309 --> 00:13:49.070 He obviously comes from a music side. So I come 00:13:49.070 --> 00:13:51.210 from a music side, my dad and everything. So, 00:13:51.330 --> 00:13:52.610 you know, we had that in common. He actually 00:13:52.610 --> 00:13:57.490 toured with dad in the sixties. So, yeah, as 00:13:57.490 --> 00:14:00.870 far as memorable outtake moments there. Yeah, 00:14:00.870 --> 00:14:02.970 there's quite a few. Some of them I definitely 00:14:02.970 --> 00:14:08.269 couldn't tell you. There's one. There's one. 00:14:08.269 --> 00:14:11.129 Abloid radio is fine. No, exactly. One that comes 00:14:11.129 --> 00:14:15.429 to mind. I think. There was a moment where Roger 00:14:15.429 --> 00:14:19.149 was he had he was playing Terry, my dad, and 00:14:19.149 --> 00:14:23.309 a very excitable character and a teddy boy. And 00:14:23.309 --> 00:14:27.149 he had a video camera, one of these big, you 00:14:27.149 --> 00:14:30.129 know, the old fashioned in the late 80s video 00:14:30.129 --> 00:14:32.730 cameras. Oh, you know, sit on your shoulder and 00:14:32.730 --> 00:14:35.370 so that. And that character had just got this. 00:14:35.769 --> 00:14:39.049 And he was running yet to run into a howl. And 00:14:39.049 --> 00:14:42.210 we're filming in Slough trading estate and not 00:14:42.210 --> 00:14:45.889 trading estate, sorry, the Slough. It was a residential 00:14:45.889 --> 00:14:49.269 estate. So he was running into a house with the 00:14:49.269 --> 00:14:51.909 camera and on one of the takes he ran into the 00:14:51.909 --> 00:14:54.730 house and he just tripped over one of the wires 00:14:54.730 --> 00:14:57.970 or something like that. And the camera went flying 00:14:57.970 --> 00:15:00.490 and smashed into a million pieces onto the wall. 00:15:00.610 --> 00:15:04.190 And Roger just landed on his face. There's moments 00:15:04.190 --> 00:15:07.710 like that that I wish. I wish we could find them 00:15:07.710 --> 00:15:10.090 somewhere. I'm sure the bloopers are out there 00:15:10.090 --> 00:15:12.590 somewhere, but I haven't ever seen anybody's 00:15:12.590 --> 00:15:15.370 song bloopers, so it would be nice to get hold 00:15:15.370 --> 00:15:18.750 of those. Fantastic, yes. It's so exotic right 00:15:18.750 --> 00:15:21.690 now and, yeah, they will certainly be a great 00:15:21.690 --> 00:15:24.309 find in some years to come, you know, like other 00:15:24.309 --> 00:15:27.070 things have been. And, oh, you've got another 00:15:27.070 --> 00:15:30.450 question, actually, from Sarah Girl. Yes, filming 00:15:30.450 --> 00:15:33.870 with the other TV legend, the late Michael Elphick. 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:37.899 that was her favourite from the film, is a torn 00:15:37.899 --> 00:15:42.159 in half favourite song and it just pulls at the 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:46.240 heart and you can feel Buddy's pain. So that 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:50.620 was just a comment more than anything else. That 00:15:50.620 --> 00:15:55.799 song was one of the songs that I wrote and very 00:15:55.799 --> 00:16:00.320 lucky to get a few songs on that album. It was 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:05.159 about the teenage boys pain of going through 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:08.779 the divorce of his parents and being kind of 00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:11.440 like pulled between the two parents in a way. 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:16.120 So yeah, I understand the emotional connection 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:20.179 she has to that song. Michael Elphick was amazing 00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:24.399 and really was the kind of elder statesman as 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:28.039 far as the actors on set and a really lovely 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:30.779 guy, really wonderful. I kind of miss him being 00:16:30.779 --> 00:16:34.980 around. I said Roger took me under his wing, 00:16:35.460 --> 00:16:38.639 but acting wise, it was all about about Michael 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:43.080 and Sharon Juicy played my mum. I've really lucked 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:46.200 out with those two really lovely people. That's 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:48.480 cool. That's cool. And I do remember Roger, actually, 00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:51.120 because he only lives a few miles up the road 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:53.039 from us in Hastings, where he's got his trout 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:56.279 farm. But in addition to that, I do remember 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:59.779 the advice that he actually gave you, just keep 00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:04.279 on, just keep going. Of course, I remember Roger 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:07.599 Daltrey in an interview a few years ago now. 00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:10.720 And he basically said, when The Who were doing 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:13.490 something or other, and he basically said, So 00:17:13.490 --> 00:17:15.529 who have never actually stopped? What do you 00:17:15.529 --> 00:17:17.529 think about it? They haven't. So that advice 00:17:17.529 --> 00:17:20.730 he gave you is absolutely true. He has really 00:17:20.730 --> 00:17:23.109 just carried on. Absolutely. I think the advice 00:17:23.109 --> 00:17:25.589 really from that I took on board there wasn't 00:17:25.589 --> 00:17:28.109 just kind of generally carrying on and dust yourself 00:17:28.109 --> 00:17:31.569 off and keep going. It was more it was more stay 00:17:31.569 --> 00:17:33.710 on the road, like stay playing live because there's 00:17:33.710 --> 00:17:35.509 so many artists, especially around that time. 00:17:35.609 --> 00:17:40.150 You think about it kind of early 90s that weren't 00:17:40.150 --> 00:17:43.009 really live act. You know, and it was a lot of, 00:17:43.009 --> 00:17:45.049 a lot of artists that had come out of late, late 00:17:45.049 --> 00:17:47.670 eighties, early nineties that were, you know, 00:17:47.670 --> 00:17:51.130 uh, maybe, maybe not kind of musicians so much. 00:17:51.230 --> 00:17:54.750 Um, you know, so, so I took that as a, you know, 00:17:54.849 --> 00:17:56.750 just keep playing with a band, you know, keep 00:17:56.750 --> 00:18:00.369 playing live music and, and, and I never, I never 00:18:00.369 --> 00:18:02.950 stopped and I, and that's something that I, that 00:18:02.950 --> 00:18:04.809 I'm really, really grateful for because I feel 00:18:04.809 --> 00:18:06.529 like that's where I really learned my craft. 00:18:06.670 --> 00:18:09.680 Yeah. That's brilliant. Perfect. Before we finish, 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:15.400 do you have any more questions? Don't worry. 00:18:16.859 --> 00:18:22.559 Anyway, Chesney, your Nick Herschel 2022 mix 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:24.900 of the one and only is on my A -list now because 00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:28.160 I do quite a lot of live radio as well. You're 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:30.180 already being played. As I said, you got voted 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:33.680 on a hit and miss. feature. It's a smash hit. 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:35.339 That's where everybody votes for it. And there 00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:38.519 was quite a lot of votes coming in from UK and 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:40.460 the Netherlands. So look out for a hit there 00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:43.619 as well. Okay, great. What we'll be doing, obviously, 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:45.819 next few weeks with the box set coming out, obviously, 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:47.599 that gets a mention at the same time we give 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:49.519 a play. So it's going to get a little bit of 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:52.619 a push from from our end anyway. Fabulous, thank 00:18:52.619 --> 00:18:54.799 you. And Sue, I believe you've got a question 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:57.529 for Chesney. Yes, Chesney, the box set. Can you 00:18:57.529 --> 00:18:59.609 stop doing that because I can't see it. The box 00:18:59.609 --> 00:19:01.829 set you just showed me, how did you pick the 00:19:01.829 --> 00:19:05.410 picture for that? I remember it. Well, there 00:19:05.410 --> 00:19:08.529 were so many pictures from those days that we 00:19:08.529 --> 00:19:13.890 were looking to have possibly in the box set. 00:19:14.970 --> 00:19:17.509 In the leaflet, there's all sorts of pictures 00:19:17.509 --> 00:19:20.529 from, you know, right from 91, right up to actually 00:19:20.529 --> 00:19:23.269 more recent, actually, to be honest. We didn't 00:19:23.269 --> 00:19:26.289 know whether to put... you know an old one or 00:19:26.289 --> 00:19:29.490 a newer picture in and we decided in the end 00:19:29.490 --> 00:19:31.730 to go for the most iconic look and we thought 00:19:31.730 --> 00:19:33.609 that that was probably it you know the leather 00:19:33.609 --> 00:19:36.130 jacket and the white t -shirt that's kind of 00:19:36.130 --> 00:19:38.609 if you ask kind of you know my loyal fan base 00:19:38.609 --> 00:19:41.230 that stuck with me all these years um you know 00:19:41.230 --> 00:19:43.789 what would be the most iconic look that's probably 00:19:43.789 --> 00:19:47.349 it so and there's something quite striking about 00:19:47.349 --> 00:19:49.750 that particular picture with the red background 00:19:49.750 --> 00:19:55.299 on yeah i'm sure that picture on that cover. 00:19:55.400 --> 00:20:00.480 I'm sure that was used on the quad -size cinema 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:03.000 poster. I'm sure there's a picture of you at 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:06.119 one end of the poster. I'm sure there was. Possibly, 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:08.279 yeah. It was also the photo that was used for 00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:11.099 the front cover of the American Buddy Song album, 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:14.670 which was called The One and Only. Fantastic. 00:20:15.349 --> 00:20:17.589 I just said the background, but the back, the 00:20:17.589 --> 00:20:21.049 other jacket, it just fits. It works well. That 00:20:21.049 --> 00:20:23.450 is jacket fitted, yeah. Yeah, it only just fits. 00:20:23.589 --> 00:20:25.950 I've still got it. I've still got that jacket. 00:20:26.470 --> 00:20:28.630 I know what you meant to say. Anyway, we've got 00:20:28.630 --> 00:20:32.490 a website here, Chesney, of www .chesneyhawks 00:20:32.490 --> 00:20:39.039 .com once again. www .chesneyhawks .com and all 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:41.299 the other social media, just by clicking we find 00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:43.480 it. It won't come up now, but I have had a look 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:45.599 and I don't know. You've got links to all your 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:48.500 various things, all your social media. So yeah, 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:51.279 it's all on there. And as I said, all the social 00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:53.200 media and all of the projects are all in there. 00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:56.059 So if anyone's interested in delving in or coming 00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:59.619 to see me live even, then everything's there. 00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:03.059 Perfect. And looking forward to chatting with 00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:05.380 you next time already, Chesney. Thanks for coming 00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:08.059 back on Chatterbox UK. Thanks for having me, 00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:10.740 guys. Pleasure's always, Chesney. Thank you, 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:12.859 sir. No, absolute pleasure. See you next time, 00:21:12.940 --> 00:22:01.539 mate, guys. You've been listening to the Chatterbox 00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:04.559 Redux podcast with Sue and Nick. We thank our 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:08.700 special guest who today was Chesney Hawkes. The 00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:13.599 email address is nickelbum at myyahoo .com. Alternatively, 00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:17.619 our postal address is P .O. Box 26, The Old Observer 00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:20.720 Building, Telford Road, St. Leonard's -on -Sea, 00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:27.400 East Sussex, England, TN 38 9 LZ. 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